Retail sales bounced back sharply in January, rising by 1% on the previous month, official figures showed.
The @ONS said the amount of goods sold rose by 1%, after falling by 0.7% in December. Compared with a year ago, retail sales were 4.2% higher in January.
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UK #inflation fell to 1.8% in January, the lowest in two years, the @ONS said. This is down from 2.1% the previous month. A fall in electricity, gas and other fuels drove the decline.
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National Motorcycle Dealers Association

“Despite January being a typically low volume month for motorcycle sales, it was encouraging to see that registrations were up 8.7% on the same period last year”, said Stephen Latham, Head of the National Motorcycle Dealers Association (NMDA) which represents motorcycle retailers across the UK.

“2018 was a turbulent year for the motorcycle market, driven by political and economic uncertainty over Brexit. However, overall sale volumes were broadly in line with the previous year showing that consumers are still choosing to purchase new bikes”, said Stephen Latham, Head of the National Motorcycle Dealers Association (NMDA) which represents motorcycle retailers across the UK.

The National Motorcycle Dealers Association (NMDA) will be on hand to offer support and advice at the upcoming Motorcycle Trade Expo knowledge shop which kicks off on Sunday 20 – 22 January 2019 at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire.

“Despite January being a typically low volume month for motorcycle sales, it was encouraging to see that registrations were up 8.7% on the same period last year”, said Stephen Latham, Head of the National Motorcycle Dealers Association (NMDA) which represents motorcycle retailers across the UK.

“2018 was a turbulent year for the motorcycle market, driven by political and economic uncertainty over Brexit. However, overall sale volumes were broadly in line with the previous year showing that consumers are still choosing to purchase new bikes”, said Stephen Latham, Head of the National Motorcycle Dealers Association (NMDA) which represents motorcycle retailers across the UK.

The National Motorcycle Dealers Association (NMDA) will be on hand to offer support and advice at the upcoming Motorcycle Trade Expo knowledge shop which kicks off on Sunday 20 – 22 January 2019 at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire.

“New motorcycle registrations declined by -2.2% in November which was expected for what is traditionally a low volume month. A total of 6,151 bikes were put on the road”, said Stephen Latham, Head of the National Motorcycle Dealers Association (NMDA) which represents motorcycle retailers across the UK.

“Following September’s modest growth, it was disappointing to see the new motorcycle market decline by -2% in October. Positively, the market is still above 2017’s levels on a year to date basis”, said Stephen Latham, Head of the National Motorcycle Dealers Association (NMDA) which represents motorcycle retailers across the UK.

“The NMDA is pleased to see that this year’s Autumn 2018 Dealer Attitude Survey received a high response rate of 30% made up of eight main brands. Participants in this survey were made up of 79% of independently owned franchise dealers, and 19% privately owned groups. 59% were single brand dealer’s whist the remainder of 41% were multi-franchised.” commented Stephen Latham, Head of the National Motorcycle Dealers Association (NMDA).